The Newcastle Eagles are on their European adventures once again on Wednesday. They play Rigas Zelli of Latvia in their latest European North Basketball League qualifying round game. Newcastle still looking to break their duck in the ENBL this season and are currently 0-4 in the competition. They go into the game not just hoping…
After a disappointing 83-85 overtime loss at home in the Vertu Arena on Friday night against Bristol Flyers the Newcastle Eagles are back in action less than 48 hours later. They travel to the North West to take on Manchester Basketball on Sunday afternoon. The loss against Bristol was Newcastle’s third in a row in…
The Newcastle Eagles had an excellent 100-89 win in the Vertu Arena on Friday night in the SLB Trophy semi-final first leg against Cheshire Phoenix. They will take that 11-point lead into the Ellesmere Port Sporting Village on Sunday looking to progress to the final in Birmingham in February. This is a Trophy that Newcastle…
It’s difficult to comprehend what was ultimately a crazy game of basketball. Statistics only telling part of the story. Eagles were outrebounded 49-33. They only went to the foul line 23 times making 18 of those free-throws whilst Spartak went 45 times and made 34 of their attempts. Newcastle also won three of the four…
The Newcastle Eagles men’s team failed to match their women’s team and fell to defeat in the Capital on Sunday evening. The women had defeated London 79-60 on Saturday night at home whilst being short-handed. The men too were short-handed on the road but couldn’t cover their absentees. Eagles had to do without forward Gus…
The Newcastle Eagles at the ninth time of trying finally got over the line on Friday night to record only their third win of the SLB Championship with a 92 – 89 win over Surrey 89ers in a tough entertaining encounter that went right down to the wire. Eagles recovered from a slow start to…
The Newcastle Eagles finally “got the monkey off their back” according to Aussie Point Guard Mitch Clarke as they celebrated a first win in nine games at The Vertu Arena on Friday night. Their 92 – 89 victory over Surrey 89ers was not pretty and they had to dig really tough but they did hold…
An explosive end to a tight contest from the home team from Thessaloniki sealed a bonfire night disappointment for the Newcastle Eagles after they sparkled early on and threatened to come away from Greece with a big win. In the end the fireworks produced by Iraklis were too hot for The Eagles to handle as…
The Newcastle Eagles tipped off their third successive European North Basketball League campaign on Tuesday night in The Vertu Arena. Their opponents and visitors were a familiar rival making their first trip to Newcastle, Dziki Warszawa of Poland’s top-flight Oblen League. Newcastle had actually crossed swords with The Poles twice last season in the 2024/25…
